Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer defended his choice to vote with the minority of his party to keep the government open last week and his position as leader in an appearance on “The View” on Tuesday. His comments come as some Democrats have publicly raised questions about their confidence in Schumer’s role as party … Read more
NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams are returning to Earth after spending an unplanned nine months in space. The pair performed the first astronaut-crewed Boeing’s Starliner capsule flight to the International Space Station (ISS) in June 2024. Wilmore and Williams were only supposed to spend about one week in space. However, issues … Read more
Chief Justice John Roberts doesn’t use social media, much less follow President Donald Trump on his online platform Truth Social. But when Trump posted an attack on a federal judge just after 9 a.m. Tuesday, calling for his impeachment after an adverse ruling, Roberts took the extraordinary step of issuing a statement with equally extraordinary … Read more
Emma Raducanu said she’s so happy for Jack Draper to win his first Masters title in Indian Wells and said she was also happy that Lando Norris won the Australian Grand Prix. Source link
President Trump fired the two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday, setting up a challenge to a 1935 Supreme Court precedent prohibiting the firing of FTC commissioners for reasons other than “good cause.” The White House terminated commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya earlier Tuesday, The New York Times reported. … Read more
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday approved a ban on Glock switches and other conversion devices that convert semi-automatic weapons into machine guns, after a deadly year that included multiple mass shootings. A bipartisan coalition pushed the Alabama legislation after several multiple mass shootings last year, including the shooting deaths of four people outside … Read more
The National Archives on Tuesday released thousands of pages of declassified records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. The records were posted to the National Archives’ website Tuesday evening. “This release consists of approximately 80,000 pages of previously-classified records that will be published with no redactions,” said the announcement from … Read more
An Albany woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to mailing drug-soaked documents to inmates in correctional facilities in New York, according to federal prosecutors. Authorities said Maya McIntosh, 33, sold the illicit documents on social media — and disguised them as legal paperwork when she sent them. McIntosh, 33, pleaded guilty to “conspiracies to manufacture, distribute … Read more
President Donald Trump has called for the expansion of U.S. coal production, claiming that an increase of “clean” coal produced in the U.S. will soon take place. In a post on Truth Social Monday night, Trump wrote, in part, “I am authorizing my Administration to immediately begin producing Energy with BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN COAL.” The comments … Read more
The Justice Department’s National Security Division has been in a scramble trying to meet President Donald Trump’s promise on Monday to release declassified information from the JFK assassination investigation today. Trump, during a visit Monday to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, announced the government would be releasing all the files on … Read more
